The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced on September 13, 2018 that Israel deposited its instrument of ratification to implement the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures for preventing Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“MLI”) into Israeli domestic law and it will enter into force on January 1, 2019 in Israel. The MLI entered into force in certain jurisdictions on July 1, 2018.
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